Advent Wreath

Main Photo: Advent Wreath

Hello all, I am going to make this short. The advent wreath I did for Adriana was something I wanted to remember her age we started to learn all about Christmas. This is something I am going to complete with her and hold onto as a keepsake!

I used two sheets of green construction paper and a green crayon to trace her hands (left hand on one sheet and her right hand on the other sheet). I cut them out and arranged them around a paper plate (Figure 1).

Figure 1: I used inner side of plate to arrange AD's hand  cut outs  around the border. 

Once, you have the hand prints in the order you like them glue them on using a glue gun or glue stick.   Then cut out rectangles to resemble candles on the wreath. You should have 3 purple, 1 pink, 1 white rectangles (Figure 2). Use a small piece of yellow construction paper to cut out 5 of the candle lightings (Figure 2). 

Figure 2: coloured construction paper cut into small rectangles to resemble candles with the candle lighting in yellow. 

Label the 'candles': 

Purple: Hope, Peace/Preparation, Love

Pink: Joy

White: Jesus or Christ 

Place the rectangle candles the way I did in the main photo above. Each week that passes by "LIGHT" one candle at a time until the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day! 

Week 1: Hope

Week 2: Peace/Preparation

Week 3: Joy

Week4: Love

Christmas Day: Jesus/Christ 

Week by Week Candle Lighting Advent Wreath